A Book has Two Covers- (lyrics
in .pdf file) This song teaches some
concepts of print (by describing how a book "works") using the familiar tune, The Farmer in the Dell.
Print out the lyrics to sing to your child while pointing out the
relevant parts of a favorite story book.

Concepts of Print:
~where to begin reading/writing, left to right
~where to go at the end of the line (return sweep)
~words (not the pictures) tell the story
~one-to-one correspondence (reading one word at a time)
~letters make words, words make sentences, sentences make stories
~first and last part (of the words, sentences and story)
~order of letters in words is important
~upper and lower-case letters have a purpose
~meanings of different punctuation marks

Going on Safarilyrics - to the tune of Going on a Bear Hunt,
this song introduces the concept of a safari

My Address Is Song - a song to help children remember their address, to
the tune of the Oscar Meyer Bologna Song .

My Family Loves Me- Adding on to the children's song, Jesus
Loves Me, this song gathers in the child's other family members for a whole
sense of comfort and love.

Name-O -
Sung to the tune ofB-I-N-G-O, this song teaches name spelling recognition by spelling out
each child's name in place of the popular "Bingo".

There is a girl/boy that we all love
_____________ is her/his name.(spell name to make it fit)And __________ is her/his name.

You may have to adjust the way you sing the name to make it fit. Here
are two examples below to show how I've had to adapt the name. For my toddler, we
sing it like this:There is a girl that we all love.
Jenna Belle is her name.
J-E-N-N-A B-E-L-L-E, Jenna Belle
And Jenna Belle is her name.

For one of the boys that I teach, we sing it
like this:
There is a boy that we all love.
Mason is his name.
M-A-S-O-N, M-A-S-O-N, M-A-S-O-N
And Mason is his name.